Mens Workouts | Tae kwon do for men over 40

Too Old for Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die.

Mens workouts in martial arts, when you are in your 50’s, should have another name: Senior Do, Tae Kwon Old, Kung Old Fool, or Health Care-a-te.

When asked in the locker room about my condition, I quip that I am aging faster than I can get in shape.

I came to tae kwon do in my Forties. I was out to dinner with an old friend whom, I discovered, was a black belt in tae kwon do. He had been practicing, on and off, since he was a child.

I also had a young son whom I thought would benefit from a martial arts program.

Concidentally,I am a retail real estate broker, and I had the good fortune of offering a store to a Grandmaster in tae kwon do. I didn’t sell him, but luckily he sold me.

When you practice mens workouts in taekwondo as a fully formed adult, you don’t necessarily have different expectations than when you start as a child. Expectations formed by Bruce Lee, David Caradine, James Bond, Napoleon Solo and all the TV shows and movies of the 1950’s, and 60’s,

I wanted to be lethal… and good looking!